CAMBRIDGE TWP., MI – It's put up or tear down time for proponents who want to renovate the Irish Hills Towers.

The twin towers, 8433 W. U.S. 12, were condemned by Cambridge Township officials in April 2013. Since then, township boardmembers have extended the deadline to raise the $300,000-$400,000 necessary to renovate the property and bring the towers to public use standards several times.

Growing impatient with the Irish Hills Historical Society's lack of progress on fundraising efforts and repairs, township officials earlier this month granted the society a one-month extension and began seeking legal counsel to demolish the historic structure, township officials said.

Donna Boglarsky, Irish Hills Historical Society president and twin towers property owner, has campaigned to garner the necessary funds. To date, she has raised $10,000 and donated $20,000 of her own funds.

Now, in a last ditch effort to save the towers, Boglarsky has applied for a $50,000 loan from OSB Community Bank, using one of her rental properties as collateral. The loan application is still under review by bank administrators.

"I'm willing to put up all my assets to keep the historic structure," she said. "It's important for us to continue to move forward."

"If I could uncondemn the towers, it'll buy us more time to renovate them," she said.

Cambridge Township Building Inspector Bruce Nickel said it would likely cost more than $50,000 to bring the century-old structure up to code.

"We don't want to lead Donna on," he said. "The last thing we want is to continue to grant extensions or let her continue to donate her own funds so that two years and $100,000 later we'll demolish them anyway."

Cambridge Township trustee Otis Garrison told Boglarsky he is concerned is other parts of the towers are deteriorating before proponents can get to the most pressing restoration work, township minutes from the Aug. 13 meeting read.

Historical society members started two new fundraisers since township boardmembers granted Boglarsky the 30-day extension.

People can donate by texting the word "towers" to 75309 and still others can donate through the website gofundme.com.